FOR CHILDREN TO BE BACK IN
SCHOOL OR IN SCHOOL?
>> I THINK IT IS OF UTMOST
IMPORTANT FOR.
WE'RE HAVING GROWING DATA THAT
DEPRESSION RATES ARE SKY-HIGH.
IT'S NOT THE SAME VIRTUAL NO
MATTER HOW GREAT OF A FAMILY OR
HOW MANY RESOURCES.
IT'S NOT THE SAME.
SUICIDE RATES IN OUR COUNTRY IN
TEENS ARE SKYROCKETING.
WE TRY TO GET THEM BACK IN
BEFORE OTHER THINGS ARE
LIBERALIZED.
WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE CHILDREN
AND THEIR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A
GOOD EDUCATION AND SOCIAL
STRUCTURE.
>> WITH ALL THE MITIGATION AND
MANDATES AROUND THEM, IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT CHILDREN ARE
ACTUALLY SAFER IN A SCHOOL
SETTING THAN NOT BEING IN SCHOOL
SCHOOL?
>> I'VE POSTULATED THIS.
IF YOU CAN ACCOUNT FOR
SOMEBODY'S WHEREABOUTS FOR 36 TO
40 HOURS A WEEK AND THEY'RE
MASKED, HAND WASHED, FED, WITH
RESPONSIBLE ADULTS, THAT IS
SUPERIOR TO SITTING AT HOME WITH
LARGER AND LARGER SOCIAL GROUPS
AS PARENTS HAVE TO GO TO WORK,
SO THEY BRING THEIR CHILDREN
PLACES.
KIDS ARE PLAYING WITH LARGER
GROUPS PERHAPS THAN THEY WOULD
AT SCHOOL.
I THINK KIDS ARE SAFER IN SCHOOL
THAN OUT.
>> DR. AMY FALK, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THE CITY OF MADISON SWORE IN
A NEW CHIEF OF POLICE MONDAY.
SHON BARNES TAKES THE HELM AFTER
MIKE KOVAL ANNOUNCED MISS
IMMEDIATE DEPARTURES MORE THAN A
YEAR AGO.
THE NEW CHIEF IS ENERGIZED ABOUT
THE POSITION AND TAKES OVER
DURING HISTORICALLY CHALLENGING
TIMES.
>> YOU THINK ABOUT 2020.
WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
WE STILL HAVE AMERICAN CITIZENS
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
VISITORS WHO ARE IN OUR COUNTRY
DYING EVERY DAY FROM THIS VIRUS
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A
HANDLE OF.
OFFICERS STILL HAVE TO GO OUT
AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, DO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PREVENT
CRIME IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE NOW SEEING
POLICE OFFICERS DO THINGS EVERY
DAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT MAKE US
SCRATCH OUR HEADS OR THAT EVEN
SHOCK OUR CONSCIENCE.
I THINK THE INCIDENT IN
MINNESOTA, IT SHOCKED EVERYONE'S
CONSCIENCE.
THERE WERE POLICE OFFICERS WHO
WERE JUST AS UPSET ABOUT THAT AS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO IT'S AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME IN
OUR COUNTRY.
ADDED TO THAT, ALMOST THIS
NATIONAL SENTIMENT OF DIVISION.
AND SO I THINK IT'S TIME -- I
THINK THE COUNTRY IS READY TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
I'M ENERGIZED ABOUT THIS
POSITION.
THE COUNTRY IS READY TO MOVE
FORWARD TOGETHER AS A COUNTRY.
I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THAT WHEN
OUR DIVISION ISN'T HEALTHY, IT
DOESN'T BENEFIT ANYONE.
AND SO THE SAME THING CAN BE
SAID ABOUT EVERY POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND EVERY COMMUNITY
MEMBER.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS --
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT TO
PROTEST JUST AS MUCH AS
OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT
TO HAVE TO MANAGE PROTESTS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO PROTEST.
THEY WANT TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY
WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
AND THAT'S DIFFICULT CONSIDERING
THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE OF
POLICING.
>> MADISON POLICE CHIEF BARNES.
THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.
NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE
OF THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IN THE
U.S. SENATE.
I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
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